
Mudassir Alam, 15, who was killed allegedly in the police firing during the June 10 violence in Ranchi got 66.66 per cent marks in Class 10 state board examination, the result of which was declared on Tuesday.
Alam is among the 225,854 students who bagged the first division out of 373,892 students who cleared the Class 10 examination, as per the data released by Jharkhand Academic Council (JAC), which conducts Classes 10 and 12 board exams of affiliated government and private schools.
According to the JAC, the pass percentage of 95.66% this year (2021-22) was the highest in the last four years — 95.93% in 2021, 75.07% in 2020, 70.81% in 2019, 59.56% in the year 2018. As per the JAC, 95.71% of boys and 95.50% of girls who appeared passed the examination.
The JAC also declared segregated results as per caste of students: from the general category a total of 261, 672 students appeared in which 95.6% passed; among the Scheduled Caste students, out of 15,673 who appeared, a total of 95.34% of students passed; among the Scheduled Tribe students, out of 42694 who appeared, 96.13% of students cleared their exams; for backward castes and most backwards castes, 49,167 and 21, 892 students appeared, 97.16% and 97.63% passed respectively.
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The JAC said that for its intermediate science examination a total of 64976 students appeared, out of which 59902 students passed–92.19%.
Among the 24 districts in Jharkhand, Koderma district topped in both 10th, 12th (science) exams with 98.12 and 97.64 pass percentage respectively, as per JAC.
Koderma Deputy Commissioner Aditya Ranjan said that the district administration had started Project RAIL (Regular Assessment for Improved Learning) which bore fruit. “Post covid school education in government schools had taken a backseat and there were a lot of apprehensions about the performance and output of the students in exams. A team was created to set question papers for conducting weekly tests for class 9 and 12, in around 60 schools in Koderma. The Pre Board exam was also taken professionally for the first time ever across 78 schools in the district,” he said.
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